St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-27

" one before he had been
on the stand five minutes,
that he was little more
than a chump compared
with Henry, and that
he was the last man in the world to plan
an enterprise or to act as leader. one
OF the attorneys present said that 1t ap-
peared to him as the height of folly
to thin for moment of such man
being the principal in any kind of al
affair III While as smart and cunning a
person a Henry Barrett was all accom-
plice. When the court Opened.the state
called, as the first witness. DIV. Sharp,
superintendent of street railway COM
pGny, VINO testified:
eve had cars of two sizes running on
the Cedar avenue line at the time of the
murder. Some were fourteen feet long
and some were sixteen feet. When the
drivers start out in the morning they re
ceiYe SO in money and SO worth OF
tickets. The top of the railing on these
cars was two feet and six inches above
the floor of the platform. The top of
the railing was four feet four inches
above the ground. There would be moth
ing on the drivers platform except the
drivers seat. switching iron and the
casi-bOx. The caSh-bOX would be
driver. Thomas TOllefSOn'S caSh-bOX
was numbered seVenty-Seyen. That
was the drivers number also. | am
familiar with the turn-table at the end
of the Cedar avenue line. 1t was built
large enough to turn SiXteen-tOot car.
/ will have to look up the records to see
Just what kind of turn-table it is" lie
was then excused until he could look the
matter up.
WHAT A NEIGHBOR KNEW.
Mrs. eastman testified: l live at
2S40 Twenty-SecOnd auenue south. l
lived there last July. My house was
within a block of Henry Barrett'S house.
] know Tim, Henry and Peter Barrett
by sight l law them on the 9th day
July. a mounted policeman came to
my house that day and l talked with
him. This officer was named Fisher.
He came there about 8 o'clock in the
afternoon. Mr.. Taylor lives opposite
my house. While L was talking with
MIR. Fisher l saw the Barrett boys
sitting by the window In their house. L
was talking with the policeman about
ten or fifteen minutes. Tim was sitting
in the window at this time. Henry was
sitting at the other window. They
seemed to be sitting at their ease. l
the 2Sth or not. The Barretts had kept
o biind-pig at their place for years.
\ FIsHERNIAN's LUCK.
Daniel Day, lieutenant of police, tes-
tilted: I know where Rice lake is. |
was there about the middle of Noyem-
Der. There were three men with me at
the time. We searched for pieces of the
cash-bOx. We got two boats and went
nearly across the lake. We were look
ing for certain post in the lake. We had
scoops TO scoop up stuff. The bottom
of the lake is muddy. The water in the
lake is about six feet deep. Henry Bar
rett showed US where TO search. Hank
insOn. Cochran, and Henry Barrett
were with me. The scoops were made
of wood and wire. We worked for
three hours. We found the post and
worked near it about one hour and
a half Said Mr.. Erwin: "After you
had worked hard scoOping up mud and
weeds for three long hours, with the
sun beating down on your heads, and
you felt tired and disguised, and it
commenced to dawn upon you that you
were playing the sucker for Henry,
did you not begin to curse and swear at
Henry and tell him that your scoops
were working magnificently, and that if
there was any tin there you would
surely have cot it?'
Il might have said something like
that, but did not curse and swear. |
left that for the men Iii the other b. at "
''Y0u had fiSherman's luck, did you
nOt?"
"Yes, sir
REDDY'S WIFE.
Minnie Barrett, wife of Henry Bar
rett, testified:
Il was married on the Goth of Octo-
Der, last year. Was living at $3.50 Fort
avenue last July. l don't know when
John Barrett went to California. / saw
Henry, Peter and Tim go away from
the house OH the evening of the 18th of
July. LOttie Welch, Chloe Bettl and
myself were the only ones there
We were on the porch when they went
away. We went TO bed about II O'clock
I saw no one but Henry again that night
1 was awakened by Henry coming up
stairs. After / went back to bed Iheard
some one else coming up stairs. / don't
know how long l have known Pete and
Tim. | heard sound in the hall like
tin rafting | heard voices in the hall.
| think the voices were like Pete and
Tins. After they had gone down stairs
/ heard a pistol shot. | don't think
Henry said anything when he came back
up stairs. L do not know
what time we got up next morning. |
don't know where Pete and Tim slept.
Two or three days after the Boston fire
Henry brought home some water lilies.
| don't know whether any one else
brought any or not. | was in the hall
when Henry came up stairs first. We
had dinner about 8 O clock. The three
hnvc ATrS Qnnon and NV SiStar
were at dinner that day. l
remember of seeing Tim with
pistol, but | cannot describe it.
| remember that Pete had pistol with
a red handle, and that is all | can re-
member about it. / saw Tim wearing a
stiff hat in July. When the boys went
to the fire remember Lottie Welch was
on the porch, but | do not remember of
Mrs. Lennon being at the house that
night. LOttie Welch went home about
~ O'clock. | don't know what time it
was when Henry came home. There
was no lock down stairs on the door.
When Henry came up stairs L got up
and went out in the hall to see who it
was, and Henry told me TO go back to
bed. | don't think Chloe was awake.
Nothing unusual happened the next
day. When Henry came home with
the lilies took them and put them in a
glass. put them in one glass. did
not hear anything said about the lilies
coming from lake. l don't remember
of any thing happening this day I'M
usual. There was bed in the front
room. No one slept that night in the
front room. Chloe Belts slept in the
room that the boys usually slept in,
that night. lived in Mortified OH the
nth of November. l have not talked
over what | knew about this case with
any one. l could not hear anything that